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Hi all,
My wife's grandfather passed away and left a collection.

See my listing at auctionarms.com for a "big bore" 99A in great condition.

http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?ItemNum=9852951

Wrong place for this also. Go to for sale in list there like others not auction arms

You need to place your rifle on the FREE classified section of the forum. I am sure you will get some response on the gun.

Not to many want a .375 Win caliber, it just kind of faded away as the .444 Marlin got more likeable.

To the contrary, its one of the most sought after calibers in the 99.

You might want to do some reading up on the .375-Winchester round and why it died out in the 70's!!! It just did not live up to all the hipe the gunrags gave it at first. My brother in law had one in a Winchester rifle and got rid of it and his words were "It doesn't kill as good as the 30-30".

Now if your a collector of the 99 models, perhaps it does have a strong following but I have not met but two who collect them in my area over the last 30 years anyway.

I would love to have a .375 model 99, Im not a collector like some are but I have a number of them and was refering to the .375 as being highly sought after by collectors, mostly for its rarity--It was only made a year or so. I've seen a few go for $1200+ to $1600+ lately. I was'nt necessarily disagreeing with the first part of your statement. I had a choice many years ago between the .375 and the.358 Win.in a 99. I took the latter. Still have it. I was sure it was a better round than the .375 then and still am.

If you can kill it with a 30/30 or a 444 Marlin then you can kill it just as dead with a .375 WIN. The .375 WIN is a slightly beefed up .38/55 and no one has ever reported having a hard time killing animals with one of those either.

I bought one of the first win 375 levers made, rebarreled it with a 24in barrel a bit heavier than factory. Killed several moose, 1 brown bear and a mulitude of deer using the factory 250pp, accurate and killed very well, after factory dropped the 250 couldn't find a bullet I liked so sold the rifle, will always regret that. Great cartridge/rifle!

All the snot about the 375 being less than expected is fodder for gunwriters and speculators. The 250 gr. original load was more than sufficient for anything you might need to use it on, and even the current 200 gr. load is good.
The press pretty much assassinated the 375 even before it got out of the barn. At least one of these writers later admitted that no attempt was made to develop cast bullet loads, or to handload for better performance.
Now that the big bores and 99's are all long out of production, some folks are beginning to realize that these guns have great power to weight ratios, handle like lightning, and perform as advertised.
Of course, these days, most people's ideas of hunting revolve around climbing up high and sitting around until something comes into view to shoot. In the days of the .375, people HUNTED and used woodcraft.
Looking at the bids, appears this gun will fetch quite a price.

You can call it what you want, never the less the rifle and the caliber got the boot.

Looks like a nice rifle, and I'd estimate the scope and rings are worth $12 to $15.

I've got one of these topped with a Weaver K-1.5 Duplex and for still hunting in Northern MN and WI swamps there isn't a better gun made light fast handling and with the 250's it will shoot through a deer from any direction. Wouldn't part with mine.

erich

In the Savage 99, Marlin 336, Winchester m94 AND the Ruger No 3, the .375 chambered guns are MUCH MORE desirable as shooters AND collectors as ANY .444's ever made.

Pretty damn good for an "undesirable" round.

In the future, it might pay you to read more and post less on this forum Tonk, because you sure as heck don't know NEAR as much about rifles as you think you do.

Read enough of his posts and that becomes very apparent.

I know, usually someone would have to go to the local Walmart to meet a person with his level of rifle knowledge.

I love the .375 win calibre. I works quite well on big hogs. Have never had any trouble putting them down with a .375 (mine is a Marlin). I hits a good bit harder than a 30-30, and doesn't kick nearly as hard as a 45-70 or .444 so it is a nice fit.

Sure it is a compromise. I love how some guys get so upset an need to trash everything around here. No one is suggesting that you should chuck all the .444's in the lake, or suggesting that it replace your 338 win mag, but it is a damn fine round that works well.

I would describe it as, "Hits kinda like a 45-70, kicks like a 30-30."

Had a chance to buy one of these back in the 90's for about 450.00, will never forgive myself for not following thru. A great rifle/cartridge combination! Killed moose, brown bear and a lot of deer with it, personally I would drop the scope and add a peep sight. I hunt in alaska where one must always be ready for a bear problem, never felt undergunned with one with 250gr bullets. Remember back when the round came out it was lamented as underpowered for virtually everything, but in same period another article that desribed using one in a JD something handgun for rhino. I have never been a fan of overbore, hard kicking magnums have shot 99% percent of my game with the 375 win, 356 win, 348 win, 338 fed and the venerable 30.06 with 200 or 220 bullets.

1203.00!!!! I guess I'd hesitate before taking one of these hunting! Wonder how much my 99 in 284 would go for these days!

S'pose someone will grab it. But it won't be me. I'd never pay that much for any gun that would be used in the field, and all my guns go in the field, or they get sold off. The 375Win has a loyal and rightful following. Me being one of them followers. I also have a 444P that I use for woods hunting elk. Each has its place. Each dang good calibers.

The price on these mid-70's through early 80's 99's have risen dramatically recently. Try finding a reasonably priced 99"Brush Gun" in .358, even the junkers are bringing $800. A year ago I bought a 99A "Sadddle Gun" in .308 in excellent condition, I paid $450 then. Today they are selling for well over $600,often closer to $800. $1203 for a .375? I guess someone really wanted it.